Join your peers on the Internet's largest technical engineering professional community.It's easy to join and it's free. Loading... For future reference, is there a way to save in a newer version that makes it possible to open the file in an older version? Drawings can be saved as DXF/DWG (older version).

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That usually does the trick to get into a... By Akhil Jain, 06 Feb 08:16 Files made with future version of solidworks By A0I0A, 03 Feb 23:27 how can i open any solidworks assembly file of 2010 version into solidworks But with the explosion of digital information, thereâ€™s an even greater need for tight control and management of documents and data. By Akhil Jain, 06 Feb 08:16 Files made with future version of solidworks By A0I0A, 03 Feb 23:27 How to know the file version in SolidWorks file?

Javelin Technologies Inc. 725 views 1:25 Introduction to Surface Modelling in SolidWorks [Webcast] - Duration: 37:27. With a SolidWorks part or assembly open in Service Pack 5 of the previous release you can: View configurations. It will just say "Future version file." Future version files appear in read-only mode when opened in the previous release. If it is able to the features will so and if it can't it shows as just an imported feature.

Have anybody any solution.?? I guess I wasn't paying attention, because the file I was trying to open was a temporary file. Sign in to report inappropriate content. cmburgess5 (Mechanical) 14 Sep 15 18:19 I've had the same issue opening a 2014 file using SW 2015.

In a pinch you can save the future version as a parasolid assembly and open that in the older release. Now i understand it's an add on expense. SOLIDWORKS 2016 does allow backwards compatibility with SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP5.0. It is still going to be up to the individual user and company to decide when the best time to upgrade is.

Each file will have a single import feature with the geometry. Each CAD and any associated text, image or data is in no way sponsored by or affiliated with any company, organization or real-world item, product, or good it may purport to The only way is to get the files converted in iges, step, etc. You cannot edit future version SolidWorks parts or assemblies in Service Pack 5 of the previous release.

I have a lot of clients working in future versions, my company takes a while to upgrade as it has to be done over a lot of different locations and tested Show more Language: English Content location: United States Restricted Mode: Off History Help Loading... From SolidWorks 2012 on, you can open a future version file in Service Pack 5. Watch Queue Queue __count__/__total__ Find out whyClose Working with Future SolidWorks Version Files myMLCservices SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe312312 Loading...

Chris, CSWA SolidWorks '15 SolidWorks Legion RE: SolidWorks 2015 can't open future version, HUH?! Register now while it's still free! In multi-configuration models, for each configuration that you want to access in the SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP5.0, configuration data must first be generated and saved in SOLIDWORKS 2016. 4. For example SolidWorks 2011 can open a file from SolidWorks '99 with full functionality.

Is there any way to work around this? 6 commentsshareall 6 commentssorted by: besttopnewcontroversialoldrandomq&alive (beta)[–][deleted] 3 years ago(5 children)[deleted] [–]BigLarph[S] 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago(4 children)Well that sucks. For some reason, that gives the "future version" error. SOLIDWORKS solidworks future version older By Pawan Deep on 03 Jul 09:04 2 answers 7110 views 1 comment What i really want that is how can i get the design tree Cancel Red Flag SubmittedThank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Luckily I have been checking in my files into PDMW. Every week when I open a drawing that I have been working on, it suddenly will not open and I get the error "Can't open, future version" WTF! I can check them out and write over the corrupted files. I never noticed it until lately as it used to be free.

This will be the same for future releases as well. One of our most read SOLIDWORKS blog articles of all time is entitled How to Open SolidWorks 2013 Files in SolidWorks 2012 SP5. Add to Want to watch this again later? SolidWorks 2015 can't open future version, HUH?!

It's unclear if this will still work once a service pack is released for 2013 and the file is saved in that though. The recommended method for opening files from a future version is to Save As a Parasolid file (any version). How to Open SOLIDWORKS 2016 Files in SOLIDWORKS 2015 Posted December 7, 2015By Neil Bucalo The most asked for enhancement is now available in SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP5.0. You can add new features to the files.

Interior2.SLDPRT.zip 255.7 KB Like Show 2 Likes(2) Actions 6. A for effort. I am all to aware. If none of these work, you've torn your clothes, shredded the cubicle wall fabric and absolutely can't start over, the last effort is to send that bad boy into SolidWorks for When you have a beam element butted against a solid or shell element it will try and imprint on that mesh. Does anybody know what any of these error messages mean? 9 commentsshareall 9 commentssorted by: besttopnewco...

The time now is 05:48 PM. Edit: I guess i was reffering to the notes in the module... Also loaded an older version of Catalyst just to try it, no help either. I did delete the old drivers with the tool provided by ATI, even when updating this card when I first got it. The time now is 07:48 PM. How and where can I change this setting, from software-mode to hardware-acceleration ? 12-13-2007,04:49 AM #2 k_szczech View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message Visit Homepage Senior Member ...

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